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should someone who has a 'diabetic marker' be put on medication for diabetes?
Aug 29, 2006 12:00AM in the Diabetes - Juvenile Community
Even though this is a type-1 forum, and I'm here because of my type-1 daughter, my husband and his family are almost all type-2 diabetics, so I have some familiarity with it. From what I know (and I am not a doctor), the kind of medication they take does not encourage any kind of dependency. All it does is help the pancreas become more efficient and do a bett...
Diabetes Symptoms and Study Abroad
Aug 27, 2006 12:00AM in the Diabetes - Juvenile Community
Hi Minerva, My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 just three weeks before her big graduation-from-grade-school camping trip: two weeks in the wilds of Arizona and Canyon de Chelly, out of range of cell phones, riding horses and visiting Indian reservations. Not many doctors would let a newly diagnosed 14-year-old go on that trip, but her doctor, and my husban...
My Mom Is A Brittle Diabetic
Aug 04, 2006 12:00AM in the Diabetes - Juvenile Community
You don't say if your mom has a lot of body fat, but it seems unlikely given her diet and her high blood sugar. If she doesn't, I don't see why her doctor would discourage giving shots in her abdomen. My daughter's doc, who is a highly respected endocrinologist, encourages giving shots all around the abdomen area, which is mostly where my daughter does it. Th...